Girlfriends: Make That a **Series** Finale

Industry publications are reporting it more or less all around: Monday night’s eighth-season finale for Girlfriends, “Stand and Deliver,” will do double duty as the show’s series finale.

Yes, you read that correctly, fans. Thanks to the writers strike, which is coming to an end too late for the girls, followers will not even get the courtesy and pleasure of a full final season.

Instead, it seems The CW has decided to cut the show loose after producing and airing just 13 episodes of a normal 22-episode season, the amount that were completed before writers left TV-show sets months ago to picket production studios.

Several publications, including Broadcasting & Cable, additionally report that The CW won’t leave fans completely high and dry with an end as abrupt as it currently appears. It’s been known for some time that the network probably wouldn’t renew Girlfriends for another season, and executives are indicating that they will at least put together a proper send-off, such as a clip show. If they do, look for the special to air this spring.